Meaning

3 senses
  1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

    Ski, Schi

    лы́жаlýža, лы́жиlýži

    ли́жаlýža

    narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow

  2. One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.

  3. A trip made by skiing.

    to go for a ski

Examples

1003 sentences
  1. Which is easier, skiing or skating?

    Що легше: кататися на лижах чи на ковзанах?

    ruЧто легче: кататься на лыжах или на коньках?

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  2. My family goes skiing every winter.

    Моя родина їздить кататися на лижах кожної зими.

    ruМоя семья каждую зиму катается на лыжах.

    deMeine Familie fährt jeden Winter Ski.

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  3. I need to buy new skis.

    Мені потрібно купити нові лижі.

    ruМне надо купить новые лыжи.

    deIch muss mir neue Ski kaufen.

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  4. I do a lot of skiing.

    Я багато катаюся на лижах.

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  5. I want to learn how to ski.

    Я хочу навчитися кататися на лижах.

    ruЯ хочу научиться кататься на лыжах.

    deIch möchte Ski fahren lernen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow:
Русский
By meaning 1
one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow:

Origin

From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *

From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (modern shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

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Forms

plural: skis
Singularski
Pluralskis

regular

Word family

71 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go skiing
  • go skiing with
  • to go skiing
  • how to ski
  • water skiing
  • good at skiing
  • pair of skis
  • ski boots boots
  • skiing next weekend
  • gone gone skiing
  • skiing every winter
  • go skiing next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ski — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto